Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas
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Rev Fac Cien Med Univ Nac Cordoba · Dec 2017
[Early Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) improves quality of life In complicated Neoplastic Pleural Effusions.]
Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) involves advanced cancer disease. Pleural biopsy for endoscopic thoracic surgery allows diagnosis in more than 90% of cases and instrumentation of the pleural space, improving the results of the technique. ⋯ In patients with complicated MPE, the "lung-release maneuvers" described above would increase the chances of improving outcomes at low risk. Early chemical pleurodesis improves the quality of life of patients with PND.